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d. Pocahontas sacrifices herself to protect her tribe and her love
Number Sequence 8 | 10 : 00 : 54 : 13- 00 : 54 : 26 | 01 : 07 : 48 – 01: 07 : 55
Sequence Title : Pocahontas shows her protection toward her tribe and her love
The next evidences are in the sequence 8 and 10. In these scenes Pocahontas performs her protection toward her tribe and her love. This evidence shows the situation when Pocahontas wants to protect her people.
The women’s power appears in Pocahontas because she wants to protect her people in Powattan. This action is done by Pocahontas when she stopped by Nakoma in her way to meet John Smith. Nakoma does not allow Pocahontas to go because she believes it is not good for her to meet the colonizer. However, Pocahontas thinks it is the best way to stop the war between her tribe and colonizer. Though Nakoma has stopped Pocahontas but, Pocahontas still go and meet colonizer to find the solution to turn off the tension between two groups. According to this situation Pocahontas has proven her position as woman to protect her people.
The next evidence is when she wants to protect her love which is john smith. This situation happens when Pocahontas wants to stop her father to kill John Smith. John smith is the colonizer from Europe that falling in love with Pocahontas. Pocahontas stops her father to not killing him. This action is showing the performance of women’s power and bravery. She protects the one she loves and she does the action to make her father changes his mind. However, it is not as easy as that, her father asks Pocahontas to go and leave John smith. Pocahontas still does not want to leave John Smith. Pocahontas shouts out to her father if she loves John Smith. Based on this condition Pocahontas a woman shows her bravery to protect her love. She is persistent to her stance to stop her father killing John Smith.
As a result shows her power to protect John Smith. From these two evidences Pocahontas already showed her power as a protection because she sacrifices herself above her people and her love. In short the woman’s power that can be adapted is her bravery and sacrifices as a protection from herself.
In short the performance of woman’s power already seen in the Pocahontas movie. The data are from sequence 1, sequence 3, sequence 7 and 12, and also sequence 8 and 10. Those data are analyzed by the researcher to see the woman’s power that is done by Pocahontas as stated in research question.
1.2 Stereotype Denial in Pocahontas Movie Data 5
a. Pocahontas as a woman chooses her own dream
Number Sequence 4 | 6 : 00 : 11 : 28 – 00 : 11 : 39 | 00 : 15 : 58 – 00 : 16 :04
This evidence shows the rejection from Pocahontas to follow her father command. From this condition as a woman stereotypically should follow the parent’s decision but, Pocahontas does not. Pocahontas has different point of view about her destiny. She is not let her father decides for her. She believes she has a dream and she can do it. As a woman what Pocahontas does not represent women’s stereotype. This action is showing her independence as a girl. As a result there is stereotype denial in term of personal traits.
This evidence also shows the rejection from Pocahontas about her father choice. Then Pocahontas believes what is in her dream is the right path for her. She wants her own freedom in deciding her life.
Pocahontas shows the performance of rejection to defend her dream. In this circumstance again usually parents are decision maker for their daughter. In short Pocahontas does stereotype denial in term of personal traits.
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b. Pocahontas appears as a brave girl
Number Sequence 2 : 00 : 08 : 12 – 00 :08 : 45
Sequence Title : Pocahontas jumps from the cliff to get back to her kayak
From this evidence Nakoma is stated the Pocahontas performance in showing her power. Nakoma ask the Pocahontas to go back to village because her father is back. Pocahontas is very excited hearing the news. At
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the time Nakoma waits on the kayak and Pocahontas is on the cliff. To get back to the kayak and see Nakoma, Pocahontas chooses to jump from the cliff to the river. This situation is showing her performance as stereotype denial. She also represents a masculinity because this performance belongs to masculinity. As the explanation in the previous chapter, masculinity also can appear in a woman. Here Pocahontas does an action of masculinity to express her happiness.
Data 7
c. Pocahontas does masculine performance Number Sequence 5 : 00 : 14 : 05 – 00 : 14 : 20
Sequence Title : Pocahontas does kayaking in raging river
She breaks the stereotype when she rows the kayak. She rows the boat in raging river. It is a dangerous action usually done by men but she does it.This action is done by Pocahontas without any purpose. The aim of this action is for releasing her emotion. The emotion is because she asked by her father to obey his command. In another hand Pocahontas thinks she can do anything without her father’s command. To release that emotion she goes to the river and she does kayaking. The performance of Pocahontas is considered by the researcher as the stereotype denial. Since this action is very dangerous for woman kayaking in raging river. This evidence can be concluded as the masculine performance, because she can do performance same as like a man.
Data 8
d. Sequence Title : Pocahontas fights with Kocoum Number Sequence 9 : 00 : 58 : 47 – 00 : 58 : 50 Sequence Title : Pocahontas fights with Kocoum
In this evidence the performance that shows masculine action is when Pocahontas fights with Kocoum.
This action is done by Pocahontas when she wants to stop Kocoum to kill John Smith. The researcher consider if this is the stereotype denial of woman that is done by her. Since a woman portrays as a gentle figure.
Kocoom is trying to kill John Smith because he is jealous with him. Pocahontas fights with Kocoom which has a bigger body than him. Pocahontas looks very hard to stop Kocoom but she keeps fighting. From this situation we can see there is denial of stereotype because as a woman Pocahontas stereotypically will not able to fight with Kocoom. However, she nailed it to protect John Smith being killed by Kocoum. The expectations of a woman are not appear in this part. Pocahontas is not perform the qualities of feminine though her performance when she fights with Kocoum.
The researchers analyze the stereotype denial that is done by Pocahontas. From this analysis the researcher found some performances that reveal masculine performance. This masculine performance is considered as the denial of Pocahontas’s stereotype as a woman. As a woman Pocahontas is expected to perform the qualities of woman’s stereotype such as, stay at home, caring her family and follows what her father’s said.
Meanwhile what is seen in those data above, Pocahontas does not performs this stereotype. The data of stereotype denial are from sequence 4 and 6, sequence 2, sequence 5, and also sequence 9. Those data analyzed by the researcher and reveal the performance of masculine in Pocahontas. It is can be seen when she fights with Kocoum, kayaking in the raging river and also jumps from the top of a cliff. Those performances are usually done by men. Furthermore, those performances are all produced by Pocahontas who is a girl.
Conclusion
Pocahontas reveals an action of masculinity that denies the men’s stereotype. She does it to prove that she has a dream and desire. She wants to be the one who decides for herself. As it reveals in the movie Pocahontas shows her power as woman and also acts masculinity. She shows her power like when she protects the one she loves, protects her tribe, and also takes a responsibility to take care of her tribe. Meanwhile in stereotype denial, she performs the action that belong to a man, such as doing an extreme activity and doing the dangerous action by jumping up from the cliff to express her happiness. In short woman’s power and stereotype denial are seen in Pocahontas movie.
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